Day 3 – 11 June – La Flèche to Loches
79 Miles ridden - 2500 feet climbed - temperature 20C Wet! Wet! Wet! From the moment we walked out of our hotel to get our bikes until lunch in Langeais it rained. And in between the rain it seriously poured. No pictures today! Within our group we had a wide variety...
Day 2 – 10 June – Bagnoles de l’Orne to La Flèche
80 miles ridden - 4200 feet climbed - temperature 25C We were guaranteed rain today, the question was when. Forecasts ranged between 09:00 and 13:00 with between 30% and 55% certainty. The sun was up when we left and the town did look so much nicer than it had in the...
Day 1 – 9 June – Caen to Bagnoles de l’Orne
68 miles ridden - 3500 feet climbed - temperature 22C ** to be updated with pictures - stay tuned!! The weather for the whole of Friday including our ferry crossing and the twilight hours in Ouistreham was fabulous. What could go wrong? We all gathered for the first...
Normal Service will be resumed soon
Subject to internet access and a functioning iPad - watch this space!
And the next adventure is – France end to end.
One week after the end of my ride from New Orleans to Minneapolis when hopefully my leg muscles are talking to me again, and Butt Balm, rehydration, and recovery supplies are replenished Sue and I depart for Caen in Normandy for our journey to Nice. Our tour summary...
Day after – 2 June – The Great Mississippi River Ride Epilogue
0 miles ridden - 0 feet climbed - emotions felt - many...... Yesterday evening we had a real treat as Lon and his wife Joanne invited myself, Ernie, Tim and Richard to their house for dinner. Lon even drove 45 minutes each way to collect us from, and return us to, our...
Day 25 – 1 June – Red Wing to Minneapolis
62 miles ridden - 2500 feet climbed - temperature 28C (at the end!) Today was a day of mixed emotions. Pretty much all of us were both elated and relieved it was our last day. Over the last 10 days we have covered 751 miles without a break and our legs were feeling it...
Day 24 – 31 May – La Crosse, Wisconsin to Red Wing, Minnesota
102 miles ridden - 2000 feet climbed - temperature 32C What a beautiful day. Although no rain was forecast, because of the rain yesterday afternoon and overnight there was a lot of mist around which didn't really burn off until lunchtime. It was around 20c/68F when we...
Day 23 – 30 May – Prairie du Chien to La Crosse
66 miles ridden - 950 feet climbed - temperature 21C Weather forecasts are not always right but today it was - it did rain. However it was pretty warm so aside from the spray coming from passing trucks it wasn't too bad. It didn't even matter that much that we spent...
Day 22 – 29 May – Galena, Illinois to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
72 miles ridden - 4300 feet climbed - temperature 30C Today was all about climbing and flies. It was a bit cooler today when we left but that was more than compensated for by constant small hills or rollers. We try and get enough speed going down to get us almost to...